C/2018 L2 (ATLAS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2018 L2 (ATLAS) location and other relevant astronomical data in real time. The celestial coordinates, magnitude, distances and speed are updated in real time and are computed using high quality data sets provided by the JPL Horizons ephemeris service (see acknowledgements for details). The sky map shown below represents a rectangular portion of the sky 60x40 arcminutes wide. By comparison the diameter of the full Moon is about 30 arcmins, so the full horizontal extent of the map is approximately 2 full Moons wide. Depending on the device you are using, the map can be dragged horizondally or vertically using the mouse or touchscreen. The deep sky image in the background is provided by the Digitized Sky Survey (acknowledgements).

Current close conjunctions

List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet C/2018 L2 (ATLAS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 20012	0	04h 17m 27s	+23° 28’ 08”
Star	HIP 19702	8.992	04h 13m 14s	+22° 57’ 31”
Star	HIP 20226	7.0878	04h 20m 03s	+23° 35’ 55”
Star	HIP 20186	5.3516	04h 19m 36s	+21° 46’ 24”
Star	HIP 19789	7.019	04h 14m 30s	+22° 27’ 07”
Star	HIP 19745	8.2058	04h 13m 59s	+22° 42’ 29”
Star	HIP 20038	8.1284	04h 17m 51s	+22° 21’ 14”
Star	HIP 19662	7.547	04h 12m 46s	+23° 31’ 14”
Star	HIP 20071	7.5356	04h 18m 14s	+22° 48’ 24”
Star	HIP 19785	6.6688	04h 14m 26s	+23° 41’ 47”
Star	HIP 20087	5.6142	04h 18m 23s	+21° 34’ 45”
Star	HIP 19672	6.1376	04h 12m 51s	+22° 24’ 48”
Star	HIP 20412	8.6586	04h 22m 19s	+22° 39’ 44”
Star	HIP 19793	8.0222	04h 14m 32s	+23° 34’ 30”
Star	HIP 19853	7.7668	04h 15m 24s	+24° 04’ 42”
Star	HIP 20209	8.8302	04h 19m 51s	+23° 45’ 28”
Star	HIP 20513	6.8512	04h 23m 44s	+22° 57’ 53”
Star	HIP 20580	7.9144	04h 24m 29s	+22° 44’ 29”
Star	HIP 20139	7.7848	04h 19m 04s	+24° 01’ 40”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2018 L2 (ATLAS)

• 15 Days Ephemerides
• Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
• Rise & Set Times
• Distance from Earth
• Light Curve
• Orbital Elements

Astronomy databases

This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services:

1. The Digitized Sky Survey, a photographic survey of the whole sky created using images from different telescopes, including the Oschin Schmidt Telescope on Palomar Mountain
2. The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
3. The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
4. The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies

Please see the acknowledgements section.

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